Research and practice over the past several decades have revealed that a truly knowledge-rich science curriculum encompasses ...

Critical thinking is a vital, yet often neglected, skill. In higher education, Chris Griffiths, author of “The Creative Thinking Handbook,” noted in a TLNT blog article that critical thinking is “the ...

Critical thinking can feel in short supply these days. Politics is more polarized than ever, the president regularly dismisses his opposition as enemies, losers, or phonies, while critics of the ...

During a recent meeting of a committee charged with reviewing my state’s higher-education core curriculum, a committee member asked, “Do students really need two math courses?” In a word, yes.

A researcher tested a new weight loss supplement. She gave it to 200 overweight adults and discovered that their average weight, as measured by a precise weight scale, declined after two months of ...

The AI in Practice webinar series, a collaboration between the University of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, continues this spring semester!

Ask any leader if they value the skill of critical thinking and you’ll see them immediately morph into a bobble-head-like caricature of themselves, vigorously nodding up and down as if their neck was ...

At the beginning of 2021, I posted a piece on this blog asking if any readers wanted to develop their critical thinking as a kind of New Year’s resolution. In light of the positive feedback I received ...

Critical thinking stars are balanced thinkers. They practice moderation to insure against the perils of overthinking or underthinking. They are devotees of appropriateness and walk a path of ...

One important aspect of critical thinking is the ability to compare ideas clearly and succinctly. It’s a skill that, like any other, grows with practice. To help your employees get better at sorting ...